Playter Estates-Danforth.

About Playter Estates-Danforth

Playter Estates-Danforth is a neighbourhood in Danforth · East York (E03), on the east side of Toronto, about 89 hectares. Everything here is counted ten minutes' walk (500 m) from its middle.

Eat & drink

72 licensed places to eat and drink within ten minutes' walk: 58 restaurants, 9 cafés and bakeries and 5 bars and pubs. None is within five minutes, and 35 have a patio. Closest to the middle: Fresh (270 m), The Big Carrot Organic Juice Bar (270 m) and Krispy Kreme (290 m).

Parks

4 parks (2 of them parkettes) within ten minutes' walk, 11 hectares of green in all. Nearest: Logan Avenue Parkette (340 m, 1,508 m²), Broadview Subway Station Parkette (370 m, 1,074 m²) and Todmorden Mills Park (420 m, 10.8 ha).

Schools

1 publicly funded school within ten minutes' walk. The nearest publicly funded: Jackman Avenue Jr Public School (TDSB, 130 m), Frankland Community School (TDSB, 510 m) and Holy Name Catholic Elementary School (TCDSB, 670 m).

Lofts

No loft building on Lofty within ten minutes' walk. The nearest is Glebe Lofts, 850 m from the middle of Playter Estates-Danforth.

Being built

2 multi-unit buildings under construction, 60 homes expected. The largest: 285-297 Danforth Ave (50 homes) and 898 Broadview Ave (10 homes). 3 low-rise new builds under way. In the past year, 2 homes have had a permit to add a unit: 2 conversions and multiplexes.

Main streets

Danforth Ave runs within ten minutes' walk of the middle.

Next door

North Riverdale (0.9 km), Broadview North (1.0 km), Blake-Jones (1.5 km) and Cabbagetown-South St. James Town (1.6 km).